Is crack cocaine use associated with greater violence than powdered cocaine use? Results from a national sample

Michael G VaughnSchool of Social Work and Department of Community Health, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St Louis, Missouri, USAAm J Drug Alcohol Abuse 36:181-6. 2010

Prevalence and correlates of fire-setting in the United States: results from the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions

Michael G VaughnSchool of Social Work and Department of Community Health, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO 63103, USACompr Psychiatry 51:217-23. 2010

Psychiatric correlates of bullying in the United States: findings from a national sample

Criminal victimization and comorbid substance use and psychiatric disorders in the United States: results from the NESARC

Michael G VaughnSchool of Social Work and Department of Community Health, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO 63103, USA E mailAnn Epidemiol 20:281-8. 2010

Correlates of cruelty to animals in the United States: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions

Michael G VaughnSchool of Social Work and Department of Community Health, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO 63103, United States of AmericaJ Psychiatr Res 43:1213-8. 2009

Cultural tailoring for mammography and fruit and vegetable intake among low-income African-American women in urban public health centers

..8 to 38.1). Findings indicate that smokeless tobacco users are a heterogeneous population that may benefit from differential intervention strategies. ..

Differential etiology of posttraumatic stress disorder with conduct disorder and major depression in male veterans

Qiang FuDepartment of Community Health, Saint Louis University School of Public Health, St Louis, Missouri 63104, USABiol Psychiatry 62:1088-94. 2007

..Epidemiologic studies reveal that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is highly comorbid with both conduct disorder and major depression in men. The genetic and environmental etiology of this comorbidity has not been examined...

Common genetic risk of major depression and nicotine dependence: the contribution of antisocial traits in a United States veteran male twin cohort

Qiang FuDepartment of Community Health, St Louis University School of Public Health, St Louis, Missouri 63104, United States of AmericaTwin Res Hum Genet 10:470-8. 2007

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Shared genetic risk of major depression, alcohol dependence, and marijuana dependence: contribution of antisocial personality disorder in men

..We examined the contribution of genetic effects associated with ASPD to the comorbidity of MD and substance use disorders...

Is crack cocaine use associated with greater violence than powdered cocaine use? Results from a national sample

Michael G VaughnSchool of Social Work and Department of Community Health, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St Louis, Missouri, USAAm J Drug Alcohol Abuse 36:181-6. 2010

..The question of whether crack cocaine use is associated with increased violence compared to powdered cocaine use has not been adequately explored in large nationally representative general population samples...

Prevalence and correlates of fire-setting in the United States: results from the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions

Michael G VaughnSchool of Social Work and Department of Community Health, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO 63103, USACompr Psychiatry 51:217-23. 2010

..Given the substantial personal and social costs related to arson, prevention and treatment interventions targeting fire-setters potentially could save lives and property...

Psychiatric correlates of bullying in the United States: findings from a national sample

..Prevention and treatment targeting bullying behaviors, comorbid conditions, and their precursors could potentially reduce the prevalence and consequences of bullying...

Criminal victimization and comorbid substance use and psychiatric disorders in the United States: results from the NESARC

Michael G VaughnSchool of Social Work and Department of Community Health, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO 63103, USA E mailAnn Epidemiol 20:281-8. 2010

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Correlates of cruelty to animals in the United States: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions

Michael G VaughnSchool of Social Work and Department of Community Health, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO 63103, United States of AmericaJ Psychiatr Res 43:1213-8. 2009

..To examine the sociodemographic, behavioral, and psychiatric correlates of cruelty to animals in the US...

Cultural tailoring for mammography and fruit and vegetable intake among low-income African-American women in urban public health centers

..Using an offspring-of-twins design, we tested the hypothesis that exposure to paternal alcoholism during the child's first 12 years will increase offspring risk for subsequent alcohol-use disorders (AUD)...

Genetic epidemiology of alcohol-induced blackouts

Elliot C NelsonDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine and St Louis University School of Public Health, St Louis, O 63108, USAArch Gen Psychiatry 61:257-63. 2004

..Alcohol-induced blackouts (ie, periods of anterograde amnesia) have received limited recent research attention...

..The findings suggest CD increases risk for trauma exposure and PTSD among male veterans through direct and indirect mechanisms. Veterans who have a history of CD are at high risk for trauma exposure and development of PTSD...